The week at the United Nations

Title

The week at the United Nations

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

28 Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:11:51

Description

The Week at the United Nations. Recent proceedings report on the start of the 39th General Assembly. Amongst topics discussed are peacebuilding, nuclear proliferation, Falkland Islands sovereignty, Hong Kong, world economics. Speaking are: US President Ronald Reagan; Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xuegian (through interpreter); French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson (through interpreter); Soviet Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko (through interpreter); Irish Foreign Minister Peter Barry; President of Argentina Raul Alfonsin (through interpreter); British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe; New Zealand PM David Lange. Tina Jorgenson(?) reports.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe; Ronald Reagan; Andrei Gromyko; David Lange; Peter Barry; Tina Jorgenson(?); Claude Cheysson; Wu Xequian; Raul Alfonsin

Keywords

Egypt; Israel; Middle East; Jewish-Arab relations; Human rights; Economics; Great Britain; USSR; China; Peace treaties; International relations; UN; Hong Kong; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Foreign policy; Peacebuilding; Peacekeeping; Colonial countries; Developing countries; Argentina; Falkland Islands; Sovereignty; Peace movements; East West relations; World problems

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